What We Do
 

 Gulf Feature Story

 

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New lighting gives sea turtle hatchlings a new lease on life.

See photos and video.

 

 Restoration Gulf Coast Videos

 


NFWF grantees work to boost manatee populations in Alabama.

Watch the video.

 
NFWF teamed up with FedEx to transfer 25,000 sea turtle eggs from Gulf of Mexico beaches to the Atlantic coast of Florida.

 

​About NFWF

Who We Are

  • One of the nation's largest non-profit funders for fish and wildlife conservation
  • Chartered by Congress in 1984 as an independent 501(c)(3)
  • Governed by a 30-member Board of Directors approved by the Secretary of Interior, including the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director and NOAA Administrator
  • Transparent and accountable to Congress, federal agencies, and the public

What We Do

  • Protect, restore and enhance our nation's natural heritage
  • Engineer creative solutions to address conservation challenges for fish, wildlife, plants and habitats
  • Create common ground between public and private sectors

How We Do It

  • Provide grants to conservation organizations and agencies to implement science-based conservation plans
  • Leverage public funding with private contributions (average 3:1) to achieve shared conservation outcomes.
  • Manage and disburse funds that originate from court orders, settlements of legal cases, regulatory permits, licenses, and restoration and mitigation plans under IDEA (Impact Directed Environmental Accounts) program as a neutral, third-party fiduciary

Our Success

  • Since 1984, NFWF has awarded more than 12,100 grants to over 4,000 organizations and leveraged $618 million in federal funds into over $2.1 billion for conservation
  • In FY 2011, NFWF leveraged $46 million in federal funds for a total conservation investment of $130 million
  • NFWF currently works with 14 federal partners and more than 50 corporate and foundation partners
  • NFWF's IDEA (Impact Directed Environmental Accounts) program manages more than $350 million in mitigation funds to accomplish positive conservation outcomes

Our Conservation Focus

  • Restoring and protecting imperiled species
  • Promoting healthy oceans and estuaries
  • Improving working landscapes for wildlife
  • Advancing sustainable fisheries
  • Conserving water for wildlife and people